Description:
Lourdes Senior Services include the Helping Hands program, which is a volunteer-based outreach program designed to assist aging adults in their homes by providing help with non-medical tasks; the Senior Companion program offers volunteer opportunities to low income individuals age 60+. The service they provide helps other home bound seniors live more independently in their homes by providing companionship services; the Foster Grandparent program provides young and old the chance to grow together by having senior volunteers mentor children who have been neglected, troubled teenagers, and young mothers in schools, hospitals, drug treatment centers, correctional institutions, Head start, and day care centers.